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In reply to the discussion: Just saw 12 years a slave [View all]tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)391. Too late to educate "a 59 year old hippie from the Chicago area"
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Slaves were property. I'm sure some people took better care of their property than others.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#1
Yes, uncle and auntie would still be hunted down with dogs if they walked away,whipped, sold,
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#63
The slaves treated as members of the family were those who worked in the house.
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#3
And usually were actually members of the family through the male owners. nt
kelliekat44
Aug 2014
#125
I believe the number of slaves were higher. In the census report a slave was 3/5 of a free man
LiberalArkie
Aug 2014
#271
The above chart from 1860 seems to have actual counts of slaves in the population columns
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#396
You don't condone slavery, but you are pretty sure slavery was not that bad. Have you lived your
Squinch
Aug 2014
#23
when a slave grew too old to work, the vet was called. they were put to death like an old dog
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#11
they were treated like the family member you get to rape, beat and kill at will
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#13
Someone else beat me to the alert, and this crap OP was left by a jury. DU has jumped the shark.
Squinch
Aug 2014
#14
That is a seriously disgusting jury summary. Some corner has been turned and it feels
Squinch
Aug 2014
#25
Well, I guess we'd better tell Skinner to change the name of this forum then.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#118
It is not a lesson at all, its like a school teacher who is unable to discuss serious matters.
elleng
Aug 2014
#178
The OP made an absurd assertion, one that anyone with even a rudimentary understanding
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#198
Or any CPAC talking points, either! Must be in the *shadow* Democratic Party platform.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#277
Are you serious? You think that post was some naive student and not a RW troll? nt
brush
Aug 2014
#348
There is plenty of information in this thread that prove the racism and bigotry.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#342
would you also want to educate people who argue rape or murder is "not always so bad"?
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#385
And of course, none of the activist jurors who demand "education" for the OP
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#153
I'm glad the "People's Jury" on this thread have caused the OP to have a month-long vacation.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#315
There are some subjects where, if the poster is asking for "education," there is no question
Squinch
Aug 2014
#257
It's always interesting to see whose opinions get rated as worth hearing, isn't it?
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#401
This isn't ignorance. This poster is fully aware that slavery is bad. Because everyone is fully
Squinch
Aug 2014
#302
But if this were someone who was brainwashed all his life about slavery, he would not be seeking out
Squinch
Aug 2014
#326
You need a discussion about whether slavery was bad? Really? Can't we just accept that as a given?
Squinch
Aug 2014
#305
because it makes it sound like reasonable people can disagree on whether slaves were mistreated
CreekDog
Aug 2014
#410
No, you HAD 4, that is vieable by anybody when looking at an explanation of your % Jury.
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#263
Sorry, buddy. There is nothing that sets you apart from the worst elements of the GOP.
Squinch
Aug 2014
#30
We ARE better, because we are not stupid enough to think slavery was pleasant.
bravenak
Aug 2014
#38
are you upset that we can't discuss whether or not slaves were mistreated Skippy?
CreekDog
Aug 2014
#411
Bracing for your wide-eyed holocaust denial OP. And the shitty jury that lets that stand, too.
Squinch
Aug 2014
#32
From what I've read, it depended on region, master, crop and duties of the slave
LittleBlue
Aug 2014
#36
One thing the movie shows is that there was no such thing as "good" slave owners.
Coventina
Aug 2014
#47
Exactly. He feels "bad" about it, but not bad enough to change his behavior.
Coventina
Aug 2014
#335
'Treating your slaves well'? 'Treat them as family'? Wow. So much hypocrisy and irony
Lint Head
Aug 2014
#57
When I see people stirring denialist shit like this, though, I do tend to wonder.
Squinch
Aug 2014
#133
What 90% of Americans did at the time was evil. Face it. I am Ojibwe, and what white
catbyte
Aug 2014
#175
Nowhere did I indict anyone. What percentage do you think were aware of the holocaust?
arcane1
Aug 2014
#154
We're negotiating history now? News-flash: slavery is in itself mistreatment. Forced labor.
arcane1
Aug 2014
#168
Too bad about the OP, but this hide puts the poster on forced vacation, at least.
cyberswede
Aug 2014
#244
"I can not believe human beings are so evil as to mistreat a whole class of people"
sufrommich
Aug 2014
#145
That's self serving bullshit, your OP is nothing but a questioning of the trutfulness of the book's
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2014
#123
Solomon Northup's memoir--Twelve Years a Slave--was written after he was rescued
mnhtnbb
Aug 2014
#111
It is a bit hard for me to think that those who bought/sold and "owned" slaves...
hlthe2b
Aug 2014
#92
My family did not have plantations or large farms. We occasionally owned slaves.
ieoeja
Aug 2014
#390
The stock answer for those who have lost the argument and can't admit it. And don't look now
Squinch
Aug 2014
#266
This entire OP and all of your replies, and the jury who left it are pure distilled idiocy.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#104
Yeah, I was the alerter. I thought the intentions of the OP were clear as glass, but he got a 2-5
Starry Messenger
Aug 2014
#232
they were enslaved, not anything like family. They were imprisoned and denied freedom of choice
bigtree
Aug 2014
#161
The obvious flaw in that argument is what happened after they were freed.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#196
maybe you can explain further to everyone how you came to this curious point of view.
Voice for Peace
Aug 2014
#210
I am really hoping those are the "you guys have to see this troll in action" variety of recs.
Squinch
Aug 2014
#310
This OP is nauseating and disingenuous to the point of trollery. No answer will "educate" the poster
Hekate
Aug 2014
#303
In the author's note to one of Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January novels
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2014
#318
Is this your professor, here? Dr. Gwen Fortune. Can you please name at least one of her suggested
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#325
It was all evil. Didn't you read the slave narratives in history class? Slavery is evil.
applegrove
Aug 2014
#344
OMG, now I know why this has so few recs, it was actually much worse for many people ...
slipslidingaway
Aug 2014
#352
I think you should start an entirely new OP, would have been locked on DU2, but hey...
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#423
Well, I finally found the post that prompted your poll, yay. I heading down to the pool.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#426
I fully agree. It must be that as we age, it feels colder, but I'm undeterred!
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#430